docs: def ekops():
      """
      Open a scratch (temporary) E-kernel file and prepare the file
      for writing.
  
      http://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/toolkit_docs/C/cspice/ekops_c.html
  
      :return: Handle attached to new EK file.
      :rtype: int
      """
      handle = ctypes.c_int()
      libspice.ekops_c(ctypes.byref(handle))
      return handle.value